Two men involved in a cell-phone story robbery this afternoon were wanted — one possibly a suspect in a murder, Denver police said this evening.

One of the robbery suspects was shot dead by a Denver police officer, who arrived quickly after the store was robbed. The other was arrested about a block and a half away, trying to hide behind a business, said Sonny Jackson, spokesman for the Denver Police Department.

Neither man has been identified. The location of the arrest and other crimes they are sought in as not been released.

When police arrived, the man who was later shot and killed was attempting to carjack a Jeep Wrangler and take its driver hostage in a 7—Eleven parking lot at East 14th Avenue and Krameria Street.

Jackson, as well as witnesses in the nearby Kramerica Cafe, said the alleged robber turned and fired on two officers, and was shot at least once by one of them.

Both robbers were armed, and the second man, who ran away, also might have fired, Jackson said. Crime-scene investigators were still trying to determine who fired which shots at about 5:30 p.m.

Jackson said police were summoned to the cell phone store by a 9-1-1 call at 12:18 p.m.

The store is in a shopping center that includes a dry cleaners, a liquor store and a 7-Eleven.

Eric Perez, co-owner of the nearby Krameria Cafe, said he was working inside the restaurant when patrons came rushing inside from the patio. A server yelled at Perez to lock the doors, he said.

Perez ran to the back of the restaurant and locked the door while everyone else huddled inside. When he ran to lock the front door, Perez said he saw police approaching the parking lot with weapons drawn and a man holding a gun with his arm extended.

“I heard ‘ting, ting, ting’ coming this way and that’s when I hit the floor.”

After police fired, officers closed in on the man who was down in the parking lot.

“He was pretty much dead,” Perez said.

Perez and other witnesses said they heard multiple shots.

Steve Walters, who was shopping in the nearby King Soopers, said he pulled up to the corner by the 7—Eleven right after the shooting.

Walters saw the suspect laying “face down in the parking lot,” he said. “When the police turned him over, he didn’t move.”

More than 20 patrol cars blanketed the scene, and cars that were parked in the lot at the time of the shooting, including a sedan parking awkwardly in an entrance, remained in place nearly six hours afterward.

The front window of the 7—Eleven store was shattered and more than a dozen evidence markers were scattered across the parking lot.

A gun, used by the suspect who was fatally shot, was in the parking lot, underneath a black Jeep Wrangler, for several hours.

The detours caused by the investigation is snarling traffic, and motorists are being urged by police to avoid the area. East 14th Street is closed from from Leyden Street to Kearney Street. Krameria Street is closed from East 14th Avenue to Colfax Avenue.

Kieran Nicholson covers breaking news for The Denver Post. He started at the Post in 1986, at the old building on 15th and California streets. Nicholson has covered a variety of beats including suburbs, courts, crime and general assignment.

Joey Bunch was a reporter for 12 years at The Denver Post before leaving to join The Gazette in Colorado Springs. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry. He likes stories more than reports.

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